Reviews
Early Slasher Movies That Should Have Become Classics
There are not a lot of slasher movies that have become classics in the horror genre. Psycho is widely thought of as the grand-daddy of the sub-genre and is viewed as one of the best hor...
Shocker is Silly, Fun, and Under-Appreciated [Retrospective]
Upon its release in 1989, critics universally panned Shocker. It was a modest box office success but certainly didn’t set any records. Due to bad reviews and a less than perfect screenplay from...
Black Christmas is the Perfect Horror Movie to End 2019 [Review]
The release of Black Christmas 2019 brings with it a lot of baggage, given the title’s connection to the beloved 1974 original and its unfairly maligned, yet inarguably messy, 2006 remake. Haven...
Everything #4 Picks up the Pace [Comic Review]
Everything started rocky, but it’s finally hit its stride. More than anything, it’s because like issue 3, issue 4 has moved beyond hinting at questions and has started hinting at answers...
The Butcher of Paris #1 [Comic Review]
The Butcher of Paris #1 opens with a man being chased by Nazis through occupied Paris in 1944. He doesn’t make it very far before he’s captured, and told that, “By the end of the ...
Knives and Skin Riffs on, Improves Twin Peaks [Review]
Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin has frequently been compared to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. It’s a good comparison. Both focus on the waves of grief that ripple out through a smal...
Daniel isn’t Real is Visually Pleasing Brain Candy [Review]
“And…the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” -Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are What do you get when you let a very, ve...
Automation Rises Above Its Low-Budget Limitations with Tons of Heart [Review]
In the grand tradition of men-in-suit movies such as its most obvious reference point, Robocop, Automation‘s robot antagonist, Auto, is quite blatantly an actor in a costume. That the costume it...
Five Horror Films from 1974 That Helped Define the Genre
The 1970’s witnessed a massive change in the landscape of horror cinema. This was horror for a post-Vietnam world. The atomic age horrors were gone. Ancient ruined castles and Gothic chillers si...